balance of power

English

Noun

balance of power (usually uncountable, plural balances of power)

1. (politics, government) A situation of equilibrium in which no country is powerful enough to control, or threaten the interests of, the others.

Translations

situation of equilibrium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 權力平衡／权力平衡 (quánlì pínghéng), 均勢／均势 (zh) (jūnshì), 勢力均衡／势力均衡 (shìlì jūnhéng)

• Danish: magtbalance c
• Dutch: machtsbalans (nl) f
• Finnish: voimatasapaino
• French: équilibre des pouvoirs m
• Georgian: ძალთა ბალანსი (ʒalta balansi)
• German: Mächtegleichgewicht n
• Japanese: パワーバランス (pawā baransu), 勢力均衡 (せいりょくきんこう, seiryoku kinkō), 均勢 (ja) (きんせい, kinsei)
• Persian: توازن قدرت (tavâzon-e qodrat)
• Polish: równowaga sił f
• Romanian: echilibrul puterilor n
• Russian: бала́нс сил m (baláns sil), равнове́сие сил n (ravnovésije sil)
• Swedish: maktbalans c