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Long-Term Debt - Long-Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jul. 03, 2014
0.30% due 2015, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.026% [Member]
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Long-term debt maturity date	2015
Interest rate	0.30%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 0.026%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.026%
0.38% due 2016, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.052% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2016
Interest rate	0.38%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 0.052%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.052%
1.08% due 2016, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.477% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2016
Interest rate	1.08%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 0.477%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.477%
0.71% due 2016, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.373% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2016
Interest rate	0.71%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 0.373%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.373%
1.52% due 2020, floating interest rate at Libor + 1.199% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2020
Interest rate	1.52%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 1.199%
Basis spread on floating rate	1.199%
1.51% due 2020, floating interest rate at Libor + 1.056% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2020
Interest rate	1.51%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 1.056%
Basis spread on floating rate	1.056%
0.86% due 2020, floating interest rate at Euribor + 0.917% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2020
Interest rate	0.86%
Description of floating rate basis	Euribor + 0.917%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.917%
1.06% due 2021, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.525% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2021
Interest rate	1.06%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 0.525%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.525%
1.22% due 2021, floating interest rate at Libor + 0.572% [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2021
Interest rate	1.22%
Description of floating rate basis	Libor + 0.572%
Basis spread on floating rate	0.572%
Zero Coupon due 2019 (Tranche A) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.00%
Zero Coupon due 2019 (Tranche A) [Member] | Senior Unsecured Convertible Bonds [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2019
Interest rate	0.00%	0.00%
1.0% due 2021 (Tranche B) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.00%
1.0% due 2021 (Tranche B) [Member] | Senior Unsecured Convertible Bonds [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2021
Interest rate	1.00%	1.00%
0.41% (weighted average), due 2015-2023, fixed interest rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	0.41%
0.41% (weighted average), due 2015-2023, fixed interest rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2015
0.41% (weighted average), due 2015-2023, fixed interest rate [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2023
1.95% (weighted average), due 2017, fixed interest rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2017
Interest rate	1.95%
0.75% (weighted average), due 2018, fixed interest rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2018
Interest rate	0.75%
0.87% (weighted average), due 2020, fixed interest rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2020
Interest rate	0.87%
6.04% (weighted average), due 2015-2017, fixed interest rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.04%
6.04% (weighted average), due 2015-2017, fixed interest rate [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2015
6.04% (weighted average), due 2015-2017, fixed interest rate [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt maturity date	2017

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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 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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