The phrase "a true shape" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the accurate or genuine form of an object or concept, often in contexts related to geometry, art, or design.
Example: "In mathematics, a circle is defined as a true shape with all points equidistant from the center."
Alternatives: "an accurate form" or "a genuine figure."
Major life events, good or bad, seldom transform a person; rather, as noted by the author Irène Némirovsky, they just bring one's underlying character into greater relief, "as a strong gust of wind reveals the true shape of a tree when it blows off all its leaves".
The only way to determine the true shape of a 3D object is to use a 3D imaging technique.
(The hexagonal picocell borders shown in the figures are an approximation to the true shape of the borders, meant to aid the visualization of the layout).
The true shape of an oblique surface can be shown correctly only on a second auxiliary view prepared by an extension of the procedure used for a first auxiliary view.
I felt like there was a shadow in me, the true shape of myself.
A simple task might be to turn a square or irregularly shaped piece of wood to a true cylindrical shape, often the first step to forming a spindle or other round item.
"What you see on plain 2-dimensional views does not give one a clear understanding as to the true shape of the lesion itself," Okuda told me.
The skull had a damaged muzzle and was inadvertently reconstructed too long, but better remains were soon found that showed the true shape; one is a nearly complete skeleton and skull, described by William Parks in 1924.
The perception of depth in a two-dimensional pattern thus depends greatly on experience the knowledge of the true shape of things when viewed in a certain way.
But, as he put it, "Constraints are what give a design its focus and ultimately, its true shape".
