preatomic
[ pree-uh-tom-ik ]
/ ˌpri əˈtɒm ɪk /
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adjective
of or relating to the period of history preceding the atomic age.
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Origin of preatomic
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for pre-atomic
Well, as a race, so did we until only a few centuries pre-atomic.
Oomphel in the Sky|Henry Beam PiperThere was an ancient word, originating in one of the lost languages of Pre-Atomic Terra—sixtifor.
A Slave is a Slave|Henry Beam PiperBut Lenin was a pre-atomic man, who viewed society and history with pre-atomic eyes.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman|Harry S. TrumanThey were like the wolf of pre-atomic days who huffed and puffed to blow the house down.
Acid Bath|Vaseleos Garson
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; from pre- + atomic.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper