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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]    
Effective tax rates 27.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 30.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Additional tax benefit relating to retroactive reinstatement of research and development credit $ 1,786ndsn_AdditionalTaxBenefitRelatedToRetroactiveReinstatementOfResearchAndDevelopmentTaxCredit