The phrase "compact shape" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is small but has a well-defined outline or form. For example, "This radio has a compact shape, making it easy to take with you on the go."
After use, the candelabra folds down into a compact shape that's easy to store.
Another challenge: many in the television industry call the ABC logo the "meatball," after its round, compact shape.
I preferred it to a Chinese wok because its compact shape and heavy weight gave it stability on the stove.
Thus, a spherical fissile core has the fewest escaping neutrons per unit of material, and this compact shape results in the smallest critical mass, all else being equal.
They have a compact shape and a fine texture, which makes them ideal for peanut butter, oil and fillings for candy bars and other processed foods.
Having the fanfold array resume its more compact shape has required shaking, poking and pulling with tools created or modified for the task, a process that NASA calls "fluffing".
Though it was clear what he was up to — light, young-looking clothes in punchy colors — the compact shapes sometimes resembled crowded-up boxes.
With their compact shapes and sensual glazes, Asian ceramics inspired much Western art pottery, especially from the late 19th century onward.
A dried paste of miniature shrimp cured in salt and fermented, sun-dried, pulverized and packed into compact shapes, belacan (also spelled belachan, blachan and blacan) adds a richness and a kick to a variety of Southeast Asian dishes.
They range in price from $350, for a pair of japanned metal ear clips, to more than $50,000, for a makeup compact shaped like a rotary telephone dial, which Schiaparelli designed with Salvador Dal?round 1935.
The possibility of using the electrical resistance as a feedback signal for precise positioning in the design of compact shape-memory actuators was revised.
