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Financial Instruments - Narratve (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, net	$ 33,200,000	$ 26,300,000
Treasury locks settled			$ 300,000,000
Derivative gain expected to reclassify from Accumulated OCI into earnings, in the next 12 months, net of tax	$ 1,100,000
Maximum
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Maximum maturity date of fair value hedge (in years)	2 years
Fair Value Hedging
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swaps outstanding and designated as fair value hedges	$ 100,000,000	100,000,000
Foreign currency forwards | Euros
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	41,400,000	26,700,000
Foreign currency forwards | Swedish Kronor
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	34,500,000	23,600,000
Foreign currency forwards | Hong Kong Dollars
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	17,400,000	21,000,000.0
Foreign currency forwards | China, Yuan Renminbi
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	13,100,000	10,200,000
Foreign currency forwards | Singapore Dollars
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	13,000,000.0	8,600,000
Foreign currency forwards | Norwegian Kroner
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	6,000,000.0	6,300,000
Foreign currency forwards | South Korean Won
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts		7,000,000.0
Foreign currency forwards | Other Currency
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, buy contracts	7,000,000.0	5,100,000
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts	9,200,000	3,800,000
Foreign currency forwards | British Pounds
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts	52,900,000	37,400,000
Foreign currency forwards | Canadian Dollars
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts	17,500,000	14,600,000
Foreign currency forwards | Indian Rupees
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts	10,000,000.0	8,200,000
Foreign currency forwards | Japan, Yen
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts	$ 9,600,000	11,000,000.0
Foreign currency forwards | Australian Dollars
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts		4,100,000
Foreign currency forwards | Thai Baht
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Foreign currency forwards outstanding, sell contracts		$ 3,100,000
Equity forwards
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Equity forwards in place of common stock associated with its deferred compensation plans (in shares)	89,600	99,100
Treasury locks
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Treasury locks outstanding	$ 0	$ 0		$ 300,000,000
Gain on the settlement of the treasury lock		$ 13,300,000

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