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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Quantitative Information Associated With Fair Value Measurement of Level 3 Financial Instrument (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2016	Jun. 11, 2015
Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration		$ 31,600
Monte Carlo simulation model \| Revenue for the period July 1, 2015-December 31, 2017 \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Target achievement, volatility	10.70%
Discount Rate	3.20%
Monte Carlo simulation model \| Revenue for the period July 1, 2015-December 31, 2018 \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Target achievement, volatility	10.70%
Discount Rate	3.20%
Monte Carlo simulation model \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ 12,013
Monte Carlo simulation model \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Universal Robots
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ 19,824
Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Revenue for calendar year 2016 \| Avionics Interface Technologies, LLC
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount Rate	4.00%
Target achievement, probability	100.00%
Income Approach Valuation Technique \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Avionics Interface Technologies, LLC
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ 1,050