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preelectric

  • a word derived from electric.
    electric
    adjective
    pertaining to, derived from, produced by, or involving electricity.

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More households had alternative sources of heating, cooking, or potable water, and included older residents who still knew how to get by in a preelectric world.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2021

Where and when they did occur, our society still had one foot in the preelectric era.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2021

And unlike in 1950, there is very nearly no one among us, born in the United States, who has any experience living in a preelectric world.

From Slate Mar. 9, 2021