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Stock-Based Compensation - Summarized Activity Related to Director Deferred Compensation Shares (Detail) (Directors [Member], Deferred Compensation Share Equivalent Units [Member], USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Directors [Member] | Deferred Compensation Share Equivalent Units [Member]
  
Deferred Compensation Arrangement With Individual Share Based Payments [Line Items]  
Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning balance 110us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Restricted share units vested 5ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsRestrictedStockUnitsVested
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Dividend equivalents 1ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsDividendEquivalents
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Distributions (9)ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsDistributions
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending balance 107us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Beginning balance $ 29.74ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Restricted share units vested $ 61.59us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Dividend equivalents $ 74.71ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValueDividendEquivalents
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Distributions $ 21.22ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValueDistributions
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Ending balance $ 32.17ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember