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Revenue - Revenue by end Markets and by type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2018	Apr. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2018
Net revenue	$ 1,238	$ 1,206	$ 2,522	$ 2,417
Instrumentation
Net revenue	491		1,058
Non-Instrumentation and Other
Net revenue	747		1,464
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Market
Net revenue	371		762
Chemical and Energy Market
Net revenue	300		608
Diagnostics and Clinical Market
Net revenue	193		380
Food Market
Net revenue	114		243
Academia and Government Market
Net revenue	114		230
Environmental and Forensics Market
Net revenue	$ 146		$ 299

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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