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What is "pre-atomic"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pre-atomic

"before the atomic age," 1914, in "World Set Free" -- H.G. Wells anticipating the word the future would use to look back at a time defined by events that hadn't yet happened in his day; \nfrom pre- + atomic.

Usage examples of "pre-atomic".

That had now been switched to a newer, neoclassical building, one that imperfectly aped the architectural stylisms of the ancient pre-Atomic age.

Weve got new land thats been waiting for us for thousands of years, while the rest of the world was being ripped apart in the lousy fumblings of pre-atomic time.

We've got new land that's been waiting for us for thousands of years, while the rest of the world was being ripped apart in the lousy fumblings of pre-atomic time.