center-pivot irrigation

[ sen-ter-piv-uht ]

noun

a method of irrigation, used mainly in the western U.S., in which water is dispersed through a long, segmented arm that revolves about a deep well and covers a circular area from a quarter of a mile to a mile in diameter.

Origin of center-pivot irrigation

¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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