The phrase "a shape akin to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or is similar to another shape.
Example: "The sculpture was crafted in a shape akin to a twisting spiral, drawing the eye from every angle."
Alternatives: "a shape similar to" or "a shape comparable to".
And gazing dizzily into those dark valleys I caught sight of a tiny faraway living thing, all in green, flitting from cavern to cavern, less winged than human, a shape akin to that of a little man.
The audience were guided into a dark black tent buried deep in the Grand Palais and, 27 minutes after the appointed start time, darkness turned to pitch black and the flat black panels of the roof tilted on their hinges to form a shape akin to a church; speakers descended, and the music began to throb.
Solid three-dimensional structures can be made by using parallel DNA helices arranged in a honeycomb pattern, and structures with two-dimensional faces can be made to fold into a hollow overall three-dimensional shape, akin to a cardboard box.
The laser pen could be a great tool for when your double-man pressing's left your defensive shape akin to that of a collapsed circus tent or your flanks are being marshalled by an out-of-position Ronald Zubar.
You watch quietly as actors cut away at the cardboard backdrop, create shapes akin to the familiar silhouette of early 20th century Jews (the hat, the black clothes) and then before you know it, the silhouettes along the wall are "dancing" and moving as arms punch out through the cardboard and sway back and forth.
Italian scientists using data gathered by NASA's WMAP probe say evidence points to the universe having a shape somewhat akin to an egg, rather than the expected round kernel of puffed cereal.
Unexpectedly, p53-Mdm2 complocalizecalize to nuclear bodies in yeast, which exhibit a doughnut-like shape morphologically akin to human PML bodies [19].
And sat atop the range like a rocky prong is the peak of Naranjo de Bulnes, its shape more akin to the mountains in the windy wilds of Patagonia than the northern coast of Spain.
A possible explanation for G12-2-12 effeculturedultured HDF is that this gemini, as previously mentioned, may easily fit into the lipid bilayer structure more due to its cylindrical geometric shape (more akin to that of lipid molecules), thus causing less structural perturbation on the membrane.
Cruz's intervention comes at a key moment within the industry for models with body shapes more akin to those of the majority of women.
Dr. Quake, at Caltech, uses a technique somewhat akin to shaping desserts out of fanciful Jell-O molds.
