Defined Benefit Plan Change In Actuarial Assumptions Cumulative Effect Threshold Percentage

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Income Tax Benefit Likelihood Of Tax Benefit

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Notification Period Maximum

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Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle or new accounting pronouncement on retained earnings or other components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position as of the beginning of the earliest period presented.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 01, 2018
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Minimum employment period for recognizing termination benefits	60 days
Percentage of income tax benefit recognized	50.00%
Percentage of fair value of plan assets	10.00%
ASU No. 2014-09 [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net increase to opening balance of retained earnings				$ 14
Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| Distributor A [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer	14.00%	15.00%	13.00%
Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| Distributor B [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer	10.00%
Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| OEMs [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer One [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer	11.00%	11.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| Other Distributor [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| OEMs [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| Distributor B [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer		10.00%	10.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Distributors Concentration Risk [Member] \| OEMs [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer One [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue from a single external customer			10.00%
Long Term Incentive Plans [Member] \| Stock Options [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years
Long Term Incentive Plans [Member] \| Restricted Share Units [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Long Term Incentive Plans [Member] \| Performance Share Units [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Long Term Incentive Plans [Member] \| Performance Share Units [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years