---
title: "Microscope animated icon"
description: "Microscope animated icon (Education). Bringing the specimen into focus. Light: the focus knob is turned (a turning stroke sweeps clockwise round it and fades), and a beat later the tube racks down its own axis toward the slide and stops dead in focus, holds, then racks back up. Strong: coarse then fine focus: two turns of the knob, the second shorter, and the tube racks down in two steps, each smaller, with a hard stop and a small shudder before it returns. The arm, stage and base never move."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/microscope/
---

# Microscope animated icon

Bringing the specimen into focus. Light: the focus knob is turned (a turning stroke sweeps clockwise round it and fades), and a beat later the tube racks down its own axis toward the slide and stops dead in focus, holds, then racks back up. Strong: coarse then fine focus: two turns of the knob, the second shorter, and the tube racks down in two steps, each smaller, with a hard stop and a small shudder before it returns. The arm, stage and base never move.

- Id: `microscope`
- Category: Education
- Search terms: biology, microbiology, science, laboratory, research, specimen, cells, magnification, scientist, pathology, lab equipment, examine, bacteria
- One action, back to rest
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/microscope.lottie (dotLottie, 4310 bytes, sha256 8eee2fb279da42fc61f1f46ec429b39243859a489e50018bdbd8ebdac017fa48)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add microscope
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/microscope.mjs';

export function MicroscopeIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/microscope.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/microscope/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/microscope