Dis·persed' adjective Scattered. -- Dis*pers'ed*ly adverb -- Dis*pers'ed*ness , noun Dispersed harmony (Mus.) , harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/90
spreadadjective distributed or spread over a considerable extent; `has ties with many widely dispersed friends`; `eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974