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Business Acquisitions and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions					12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 04, 2018 USD ($)	May 15, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) acquisition	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) acquisition	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) acquisition	Aug. 22, 2019	Apr. 18, 2019	Jul. 10, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 07, 2018	Nov. 17, 2017 $ / shares	Sep. 15, 2017	Aug. 04, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill					$ 10,815.4	$ 9,346.8	$ 8,820.3
Gatan \| Thermo Fisher \| Disposal group, held-for-sale, not discontinued operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests to be sold											100.00%
Consideration receivable or received on disposal											$ 925.0
Gatan \| AMETEK \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration receivable or received on disposal	$ 925.0
Pretax gain	801.1
Income tax expense in connection with sale	$ 201.2
Imaging Businesses \| Teledyne \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration receivable or received on disposal		$ 225.0
Pretax gain		119.6
Income tax expense in connection with sale		$ 32.2
Product line in Process Technologies segment \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration receivable or received on disposal				$ 10.4
Pretax gain				$ 9.4
Acquisitions 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| acquisition					4
Aggregate purchase price					$ 2,387.6
Goodwill					1,447.0
Other identifiable intangibles					1,181.9
Acquisitions 2019 \| Customer related intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets					$ 1,020.0
Weighted average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets					15 years 9 months 18 days
Acquisitions 2019 \| Unpatented technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets					$ 109.3
Weighted average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets					6 years 9 months 18 days
Foundry
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired									100.00%
iPipeline
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired								100.00%
2018 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| acquisition						7
Aggregate purchase price						$ 1,279.0
Goodwill						717.5
Other identifiable intangibles						711.3
2018 Acquisitions \| Customer related intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets						$ 635.1
Weighted average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets						19 years
2018 Acquisitions \| Unpatented technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets						$ 48.6
Weighted average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets						7 years
Quote Software, PlainSwift Software, and Smartbid
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| acquisition						3
PowerPlan, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price			$ 1,111.4
Percentage of voting interests acquired			100.00%
ConceptShare, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired												100.00%
BillBlast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired										100.00%
Avitru
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired						100.00%
2017 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired \| acquisition							4
Aggregate purchase price							$ 152.0
Goodwill							82.7
Other identifiable intangibles							85.0
2017 Acquisitions \| Customer related intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets							$ 68.0
Weighted average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets							15 years
2017 Acquisitions \| Unpatented technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortizable intangible assets							$ 13.0
Weighted average useful life of finite-lived intangible assets							6 years
Handshake Software, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired															100.00%
Workbook Software A/S
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired														100.00%
Onvia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired													100.00%
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares													$ 9.00