Sentence:  The actual mean of 1.07 being about halfway between 0 of complete correlation and 2.0 of no correlation , it is evident that there is a pretty fair <WSD>degree</WSD> of similarity in the behavior even of particular individual items of meaning as regards long-term stem displacement . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process