Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) extension	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding	$ 0
Amount available for borrowing	$ 445,000,000
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes redemption price description	We may redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of the greater of 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes or the present value of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest discounted at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 0.25%.
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Expiration date	Sep. 17, 2019
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 450,000,000
Number of extension \| extension	2
Term of each extension (in years)	1 year
Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee charged on unused portion of facility	0.125%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee charged on unused portion of facility	0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility, Additional Borrowing Capacity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 200,000,000
2021 Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Par value of debt	$ 275,000,000
Interest rate of debt	3.875%
Debt issued, percent of par	99.50%
Effective yield percentage	3.951%
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 279,400,000	$ 275,100,000
2024 Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Par value of debt	$ 275,000,000
Interest rate of debt	4.375%
Debt issued, percent of par	99.60%
Effective yield percentage	4.422%
Long-term Debt, Fair Value	$ 276,200,000	283,900,000
2021 and 2024 Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding	$ 5,000,000
European Lease Agreement \| Replaced Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings outstanding	$ 1,200,000	$ 1,500,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.375%
Treasury Rate [Member] \| 2021 and 2024 Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price discount rate, basis spread on Treasury Rate	0.30%

Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Redemption Price Discounted Cash Flow Discount Rate

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Debt Instrument, Issue Price, Percentage

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Line Of Credit Facility, Ability To Get Extension, Number Of One-Year Extension

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Line Of Credit Facility, Term Of Each Extension

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Senior Note redemption price

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Number 210

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-Paragraph 19, 20, 22

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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- Definition

The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission.

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