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Contract with Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease)

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Unbilled Receivables Transferred To Accounts Receivables

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time, classified as current.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Apr. 05, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 29, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 652,396	$ 648,737
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Abstract]
Contract with Customer, Asset, Net, Current	33,700		$ 37,000
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current	32,100		$ 29,900
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized	(12,600)
Unbilled Receivables Transferred To Accounts Receivables	(14,900)
Contract with Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease)	14,800
Contract with Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease)	11,600
Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	499,560	514,685
Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	152,836	134,052
Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	274,273	260,425
Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	200,256	173,464
Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	177,867	214,848
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	398,395	388,833
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	267,907	275,438
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	130,488	113,395
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	169,116	162,417
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	118,657	107,606
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	110,622	118,810
Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	254,001	259,904
Diagnostics [Member] \| Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	231,653	239,247
Diagnostics [Member] \| Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	22,348	20,657
Diagnostics [Member] \| Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	105,157	98,008
Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	81,599	65,858
Diagnostics [Member] \| Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	67,245	96,038
Life Sciences [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	245,733	217,377
Life Sciences [Member] \| Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	245,733	217,377
Life Sciences [Member] \| Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0
Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	254,001	259,904
Diagnostics [Member] \| Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0
Diagnostics [Member] \| Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	254,001	259,904
Applied Markets [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	152,662	171,456
Applied Markets [Member] \| Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	152,662	171,456
Applied Markets [Member] \| Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 0	$ 0