Retirement Benefit Plans - Plans with Benefit Obligations in Excess of Plan Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
United States [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Projected benefit obligation	$ 1.3	$ 1.5
Foreign [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Projected benefit obligation	27.2	26.8
Plan assets at fair market value	$ 8.6	$ 7.9

Amount of plan asset for defined benefit pension plan with projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 715
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of projected benefit obligation for defined benefit pension plan with projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets.

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