Meanings
nounbalance of power (usually uncountable, plural balances of power)
plural balances of power
- uncountableusuallygovernmentA situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.
Translations
Arabic توازن القوى
- توازن القوىsituation of equilibrium
Chinese Mandarin 權力平衡 /权力平衡, 均勢 /均势
- 權力平衡 /权力平衡 (quánlì pínghéng)situation of equilibrium
- 均勢 /均势 (jūnshì)situation of equilibrium
- 勢力均衡 /势力均衡 (shìlì jūnhéng)situation of equilibrium
Danish magtbalance
- magtbalancesituation of equilibrium
Dutch machtsbalans, machtsevenwicht
- machtsbalanssituation of equilibrium
- machtsevenwichtsituation of equilibrium
Finnish voimatasapaino
- voimatasapainosituation of equilibrium
French équilibre des pouvoirs
- équilibre des pouvoirssituation of equilibrium
German Mächtegleichgewicht, Gleichtgewicht der Kräfte
- Mächtegleichgewichtsituation of equilibrium
- Gleichtgewicht der Kräftesituation of equilibrium
Greek ισορροπία δυνάμεων
- ισορροπία δυνάμεων (isorropía dynámeon)situation of equilibrium
Hebrew מאזן כוחות
- מאזן כוחותsituation of equilibrium
Hindi शक्ति-संतुलन
- शक्ति-संतुलन (śakti-santulan)situation of equilibrium
Japanese パワーバランス, 勢力均衡
- パワーバランス (pawā baransu)situation of equilibrium
- 勢力均衡 (seiryoku kinkō)situation of equilibrium
- 均勢 (kinsei)situation of equilibrium
Korean 세력균형
- 세력균형 (seryeokgyunhyeong)situation of equilibrium
Persian توازن قدرت, موازنه قدرت
- توازن قدرت (tavâzon-e qodrat)situation of equilibrium
- موازنه قدرتsituation of equilibrium
Polish równowaga sił
- równowaga siłsituation of equilibrium
Portuguese equilíbrio de poder
- equilíbrio de podersituation of equilibrium
Romanian echilibrul puterilor
- echilibrul puterilorsituation of equilibrium
Russian бала́нс сил, равнове́сие сил
- бала́нс сил (baláns sil)situation of equilibrium
- равнове́сие сил (ravnovésije sil)situation of equilibrium
Spanish equilibrio de poder, equilibrio de potencias
- equilibrio de podersituation of equilibrium
- equilibrio de potenciassituation of equilibrium
Swedish maktbalans
- maktbalanssituation of equilibrium
Cite this entry
APA
balance of power. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20of%20power
MLA
“balance of power.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20of%20power. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balance of power,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20of%20power.
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