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Potential Rate Adjustment

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Net cash outflow or inflow from monetary allowance granted by the landlord to a tenant to entice tenant to move into landlords building which will enable the tenant to prepare the leased premises for tenants occupancy.

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Amount before accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Rental Obligations (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) renewal_term	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	May 01, 2016 USD ($) ft²	Apr. 28, 2016 ft²	Feb. 01, 2016 ft²	Oct. 01, 2014 ft²
Proceeds from tenant improvement allowance			$ 3.6
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 241.9		241.9		$ 200.4
Financing lease obligation	7.3		7.3		6.7
Operating leases, rent expense	2.9	$ 2.7	8.6	$ 8.3
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Remainder of 2018	2.6		2.6
2019	13.8		13.8
2020	14.7		14.7
2021	15.1		15.1
2022	4.2		4.2
Thereafter	9.4		9.4
Total	59.8		59.8
Building
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 6.0		$ 6.0		$ 6.0
Property, Plant and Equipment \| Building
Property, plant and equipment, gross						$ 6.0
Leased Buildings -6340 Sequence Drive, 6310 Sequence Drive, 6290 Sequence drive
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, number of renewal terms \| renewal_term			2
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term			5 years
Leased Buildings -232 South Dobson Road
Lessee leasing arrangements, operating leases, number of renewal terms \| renewal_term			4
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term			5 years
Leased Buildings -6340 Sequence Drive, 6310 Sequence Drive, 6290 Sequence drive
Leased square footage \| ft²									219,000
Leased Buildings -6350 Sequence Drive
Leased square footage \| ft²								132,600
Leased Buildings -232 South Dobson Road
Leased square footage \| ft²						78,000	148,797
Leased Buildings -232 South Dobson Road \| Other Noncurrent Liabilities
Financing lease obligation						$ 6.0
Minimum
Annual rent potential rate adjustment			2.50%
Maximum
Annual rent potential rate adjustment			4.00%