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Subsequent events - Additional Information (Detail) (Subsequent Event [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended
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Feb. 20, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |
Unsecured multicurrency credit facility with a group of banks | $ 600,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Line of credit Facility, borrowing capacity under certain conditions | 850,000 ndsn_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacityUnderCertainConditions
Facility term | 5 years
Line of credit facility expiration month and year | 2016-12
Swing Line Loans [Member] |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |
Unsecured multicurrency credit facility with a group of banks | $ 50,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = ndsn_SwingLineLoansMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember

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- Definition Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity under certain conditions. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 22 -Article 5 + Details
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- Details
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