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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Jan. 01, 2012
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Income from domestic operations included in income from continuing operations before income taxes $ 221.4us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 176.7us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 195.1us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic  
Income from foreign operations included in income before taxes 60.7us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 47.3us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 33.1us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign  
Valuation allowance, deferred tax asset, change in amount 2.8us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount      
Foreign tax credit carry forward 3.9us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign      
Interest related to unrecognized tax benefit 0.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense 2.2us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense    
Interest accrued for unrecognized tax benefits 2.9us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued 3.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued    
Unrecognized tax benefits that would positively impact effective tax rate 31.0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate      
Unrecognized tax benefits 32.3us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 35.4us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 42.6us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 25.8us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits subject to offset by deferred tax assets 1.3tdy_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsSubjectToOffsetByDeferredTaxAssets      
Expected decrease in unrecognized tax benefits over next 12 months 8.7us-gaap_SignificantChangeInUnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIsReasonablyPossibleAmountOfUnrecordedBenefit      
Undistributed foreign earnings 170.4us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries      
Estimated deferred tax liability, undistributed foreign earnings 43.1us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings      
Foreign Tax Authority        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Operating loss carryforwards 63.7us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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Canada, Federal and Provincial, and U.K.        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Operating loss carryforwards not subject to expiration 59.4tdy_OperatingLossCarryforwardsNotSubjectToExpiration
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Canada, Federal        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration 4.3tdy_OperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration
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= tdy_CanadaFederalMember
     
Canada, Federal | Investment tax credit carryforward        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Tax credit carryforwards subject to expiration 29.8tdy_TaxCreditCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration 4.6tdy_OperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration
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= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
     
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | Research tax credit carryforward        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Tax credit carryforwards subject to expiration 0.8tdy_TaxCreditCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration
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State Jurisdiction        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Operating loss carryforwards 5.6us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
     
Operating loss carryforwards subject to expiration 130.0tdy_OperatingLossCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration
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Tax credit carryforwards subject to expiration 1.9tdy_TaxCreditCarryforwardsSubjectToExpiration
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Tax credit carryforwards 7.8us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
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= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
     
Tax credit carryforwards not subject to expiration 5.9tdy_TaxCreditCarryforwardsNotSubjectToExpiration
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State Jurisdiction | Maximum | Reduction in taxes        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Gain contingency, unrecorded Amount $ 1.0us-gaap_GainContingencyUnrecordedAmount
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