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Atomic power   /ətˈɑmɪk pˈaʊər/   Listen
Atomic power

noun
1.
Nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use).  Synonym: nuclear power.






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"Atomic power" Quotes from Famous Books



... clothing allowed him access to the closed shelves where the history books were kept. But the books themselves were disappointing. Most of them were Earth's ancient history, from earliest beginnings to the dawn of atomic power. Barrent skimmed through them. As he read, some memories of prior reading returned to him. He was able to jump quickly from Periclean Greece to Imperial Rome, to Charlemagne and the Dark Ages, from the Norman Conquest to the Thirty Years' War, and then to a rapid survey of the Napoleonic ...
— The Status Civilization • Robert Sheckley



Words linked to "Atomic power" :   nuclear energy, atomic energy



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