Tending to spread or scatter in different directions. The dispersive nature of the seeds allows the plant to colonize new areas quickly.
Relating to the separation of light into colors by refraction or diffraction. The dispersive properties of the prism were demonstrated when it split the white light into a spectrum of colors.
In physics, causing or characterized by dispersion in which the phase or group velocity of a wave depends on its frequency. The fiber is highly dispersive, so pulses spread out as they travel through it.