alighting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of alight

noun

1. The act of one who alights.

   “The Eagles are a dangerous 'machine'. I have used them sparingly, and that is the absolute limit of their credibility or usefulness. The alighting of a Great Eagle of the Misty Mountains in the Shire is absurd; it also makes the later capture of G. by Saruman incredible, and spoils the account of his escape.”

   “We compared the frequencies of alightings on hosts with those predicted from random transect data.”

   “Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings, alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction.”