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Revenue - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 28, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Deferred Revenue And Customer Advances	$ 21.1	$ 13.3	$ 60.6	$ 33.4
Deferred Revenue and Trade Accounts Receivable	$ 50.0	$ 40.4	$ 96.8	$ 82.1
Short-term Contract with Customer [Member]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	69.00%		69.00%
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction Period			12 months
Long-term Contract with Customer [Member]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Percentage	26.00%		26.00%
Long-term Contract with Customer [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction Period			3 years
Long-term Contract with Customer [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction Period			1 year

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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
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Percentage of remaining performance obligation to total remaining performance obligation not recognized as revenue.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
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