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Business Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2014 | Mar. 30, 2013
Entity-Wide Revenue from External Customers [Line Items] |  |
Number of operating segments | 2 |
Number of reportable segments | 1 |
Product sales | $ 284,795 | $ 293,714
Service sales | 145,713 | 136,624
Total net sales | 430,508 | 430,338
Waters instrument systems [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Revenue from External Customers [Line Items] |  |
Product sales | 176,364 | 184,524
Chemistry [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Revenue from External Customers [Line Items] |  |
Product sales | 75,203 | 73,133
TA instrument systems [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Revenue from External Customers [Line Items] |  |
Product sales | 33,228 | 36,057
Waters service [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Revenue from External Customers [Line Items] |  |
Service sales | 132,042 | 123,768
TA service [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Revenue from External Customers [Line Items] |  |
Service sales | $ 13,671 | $ 12,856

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 1 -Article 5 + Details
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