"alighting" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1958 June 25, J. R. R. Tolkien, From a letter to Forrest J. Ackerman (#210):",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "We compared the frequencies of alightings on hosts with those predicted from random transect data.",
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          "ref": "2000, Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring, page 24:",
          "text": "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.",
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