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• Radium jaw — is an occupational disease brought on by the ingestion and subsequent absorption of radium into the bones of Radium dial painters. The symptoms are necrosis of the mandible (lower jawbone) and the maxilla (upper jaw) as well as constant bleeding… …   Wikipedia

• Radium Girls — The Radium Girls were women subjected to radiation exposure at the United States Radium Corporation factory, in Orange, New Jersey around 1917. The five female workers gained notoriety for their efforts in challenging their employer in court. The …   Wikipedia

• paint — Synonyms and related words: Zanzibar copal, adorn, air brush, anime, apply, apply paint, array, art paper, base, bay, bayard, bead, beautify, bedaub, bedeck, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beribbon, besmear, bespangle, blazon, bring to life, brush,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Radium — (pronEng|ˈreɪdiəm) is a radioactive chemical element which has the symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Its appearance is almost pure white, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, turning black. Radium is an alkaline earth metal that is found in… …   Wikipedia

• Radium — Ra di*um (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. L. radius ray.] (Chem.) An intensely radioactive metallic element found (combined) in minute quantities in pitchblende, and various other uranium minerals. Symbol, Ra; atomic weight, 226.4. Radium was… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Radium dials — are radioluminescent watch, clock and other instrument dials. In the early 1900s glow in the dark clock and watch faces had the digits painted using paint containing Radium, the most common version created by the United States Radium Corporation… …   Wikipedia

• radium — /ray dee euhm/, n. 1. Chem. a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon gas and alpha rays. Symbol: Ra; at. wt.: 226; at. no.: 88. 2. a lustrous rayon or silk fabric constructed in plain weave and used in women s apparel,… …   Universalium

• Radium Dial Company — The now defunct Radium Dial Company, was one of a few United States companies along with the United States Radium Corporation, involved in the painting of clocks, watches and other instrument dials using radioluminescent paint containing radium.… …   Wikipedia

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• radium dial — noun : a clock, watch, or instrument dial having figures coated with luminous paint …   Useful english dictionary

• United States Radium Corporation — The United States Radium Corporation was a company operated between the years 1917 to 1926 in Orange, New Jersey, in the United States. After initial success in developing a Glow in the dark radioactive paint, the company closed in the late 1920s …   Wikipedia