Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018
1.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt instrument interest rate	1.75%	1.75%
Debt instrument due year	2021	2021
Fair value of notes		$ 160.5
Fair Value Measurements Recurring [Member] \| Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Net asset value of market funds		$ 1

Debt instrument maturity year.

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Money market funds net asset value per share.

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- Definition

Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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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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