Share-Based Compensation - Weighted-Average Assumptions Used for Employee Purchase Rights Granted Under Stock Purchase Plan (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair market value	$ 41.69	$ 34.93
Option price	$ 39.61	$ 33.18
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected volatility	17.00%	21.00%
Risk free interest rate	0.05%	0.06%

The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii)

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- Definition

The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii)

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- Definition

The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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- Definition

Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, expected dividend rate.

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- Definition

Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, option price.

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No definition available.

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