sea power

1. A nation having significant naval strength.

2. Naval strength.

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sea power

1. (Military) a nation that possesses great naval strength

2. (Military) the naval strength of a country or nation

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sea′ pow`er

1. naval strength.

2. a nation that possesses formidable naval power.

[1840–50]

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Noun	1.	sea power - naval strength military capability, military posture, military strength, strength, posture - capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	sea power - a nation that possesses formidable naval strength body politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

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