radium dial

noun

The dial of a watch or clock on which the hours have been marked with a radium compound to make them luminous.

Meanings

nounradium dial (plural radium dials)

plural radium dials

  1. The dial of a watch or clock on which the hours have been marked with a radium compound to make them luminous.
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