sea power

1. 1.

   naval strength

   Broadermilitary capability

   military

2. 2.

   a nation that possesses formidable naval strength

   Broaderstate

Questions about sea power

What does sea power mean?

sea power means "naval strength". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is sea power a common word?

sea power is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.