seapower

English

Alternative forms

• sea power

Etymology

sea +‎ power

Noun

seapower (countable and uncountable, plural seapowers)

1. naval military power
   • 2009 April 4, Christopher Drew, “Pentagon Weighs Cuts and Revisions of Weapons”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Representative Gene Taylor, a Democrat from Mississippi and chairman of a House seapower subcommittee, said questions had emerged about whether a new system for catapulting planes off the next generation of carriers would work.

2. A country that has an effective military navy

Translations

naval military power

• Danish: sømagt c, flådemagt c
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• German: Seemacht (de) f
• Hebrew: עָצְמָה יַמִּית (he) f (otsmah yamit), מַעֲצָמָה יַמִּית (he) f (ma'atsamah yamit)