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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax loss and credit carryforwards | $ 131.8 | $ 122.7 |
Amount of tax loss and credit carryforwards that can be carried forward indefinitely | 22.9 |  |
U.S. foreign tax credit carryforwards | $ 185.9 | $ 195.1 |
Effective tax rate applied | 21.00% | 21.00% | 21.00%
Valuation allowance | $ 436.6 | $ 411.9 |
Valuation allowance, deferred tax asset, change in amount | 24.7 | 21.1 | $ 60.5
Deferred tax liability on unremitted foreign earnings | 13.7 | 20.9 |
Amount of tax loss and credit carryforwards that are subject to expiration | 108.9 |  |
Total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including related interest and penalties | 72.5 | 72.5 | 65.9
Unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties that if recognized would affect the effective tax rate | 46.3 | 48.1 |
Total accrued interest for tax contingencies | 19.7 | 15.1 | 11.4
Total accrued penalties for tax contingencies | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.8
Increase (decrease) in interest expense related to uncertain tax positions | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.4
Increase (decrease) in penalties to uncertain tax positions | 0.1 | 1.5 | $ (0.1)
Amount of unrecognized tax benefits that could decrease within the next 12 months | 8.4 |  |
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits expiration of statute of limitations | 7.5 |  |
Decrease in unrecognized tax benefits due to the settlement of audits or resolution of administrative or judicial proceedings | $ 0.9 |  |
Earliest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Open tax years by major tax jurisdiction | 2012 |  |
Domestic [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Domestic research and development tax credit carryforward | $ 13.9 | $ 12.0 |
Domestic [Member] | Earliest Tax Year [Member] | Research and Development [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Expiration year of tax credit carryforwards | 2035 |  |
United States [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Unremitted earnings that were permanently reinvested | $ 3,000.0 |  |
United States [Member] | Earliest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Expiration year of tax loss carryforwards | 2023 |  |
United States [Member] | Latest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Expiration year of U.S. foreign tax credit carryforwards | 2032 |  |
Foreign Country [Member] | Earliest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss and tax credits carryforwards foreign subject to expiration expiration year | 2023 |  |
Foreign Country [Member] | Latest Tax Year [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating loss and tax credits carryforwards foreign subject to expiration expiration year | 2039 |  |

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