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Schedule of Estimated Fair Value of TSR Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Awards Assumptions (Detail) (TSR Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units)	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 05, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014
TSR Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award
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Teradyne volatility-historical	28.20%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = ter_ShareholderReturnPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember	36.10%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMaximum / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = ter_ShareholderReturnPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Philadelphia Semiconductor Index volatility-historical	19.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = ter_ShareholderReturnPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember	24.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRateMinimum / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = ter_ShareholderReturnPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Dividend yield	1.33%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = ter_ShareholderReturnPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember	1.25%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = ter_ShareholderReturnPerformanceBasedRestrictedStockUnitsMember

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii)

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The estimated measure of the maximum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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- Definition

The estimated measure of the minimum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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- Definition

The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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