2.To become stable or firm; harden:Fresh plaster will fix in a few hours. 3.Chiefly Southern USTo be on the verge of; to be making preparations for. Used in progressive tenses with the infinitive:We were fixing to leave without you. ...
That is each defence layer is very broad but thin and may have imperfections and holes in it. However multiple such layers provide an overal depth that can be quite flexible. But importantly the result is that small weaknesses or holes in one layer get covered by other layers. However this...