An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Column of a → CCD detector that does not correctly read out charge.

Etymology (EN): Bad, from M.E. badde, but the origin of the word is not clear; → column.

Etymology (PE): Sotun, → column; bad, from Mid.Pers. wad, maybe from Old Iranian *vata- “small;” cf. Scythian bata- “small, bad,” Sogdian wtγy “suffer, sorrow.”