Definitions for "Arms Race"
Two or more species experience adaptation to one another in a coevolutionary manner. This often seen in predator-prey systems.
A phenomenon of evolution in which two or more species adapt to one another in a coevolutionary manner.
In politics, an arms race is when two countries both improve their military power, each trying to get ahead of the other. In evolution, the phrase is used to describe two creatures co-evolving to keep up with each other. For example, gazelles are now very good at running away from cheetahs. But cheetahs are now very good at running after gazelles.
a process where the behaviour of two or more individuals beleive that their individual welfare requires them to have a relative advantage over the others
a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments
Competitive building up of armaments by actors in a (potential) conflict that proceeds in an action-reaction pattern.