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Contract with Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease)

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Unbilled Receivables Transferred To Accounts Receivables

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time, classified as current.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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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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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 05, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jul. 05, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 29, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 811,718	$ 722,517	$ 1,464,114	$ 1,371,254
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Abstract]
Contract with Customer, Asset, Net, Current	35,700		35,700		$ 37,000
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current	35,100		35,100		$ 29,900
Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized			(20,200)
Unbilled Receivables Transferred To Accounts Receivables			(23,700)
Contract with Customer, Liability, Increase (Decrease)			25,400
Contract with Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease)			22,400
Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	664,549	584,163	1,164,109	1,098,848
Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	147,169	138,354	300,005	272,406
Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	316,991	283,610	591,264	544,035
Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	253,364	196,455	453,620	369,919
Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	241,363	242,452	419,230	457,300
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	391,002	433,967	789,397	822,800
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	265,903	316,713	533,810	592,151
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	125,099	117,254	255,587	230,649
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	160,382	177,974	329,498	340,391
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	103,497	123,809	222,154	231,415
Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member] \| Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	127,123	132,184	237,745	250,994
Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	420,716	288,550	674,717	548,454
Diagnostics [Member] \| Transferred at Point in Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	398,646	267,450	630,299	506,697
Diagnostics [Member] \| Transferred over Time [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	22,070	21,100	44,418	41,757
Diagnostics [Member] \| Americas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	156,609	105,636	261,766	203,644
Diagnostics [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	149,867	72,646	231,466	138,504
Diagnostics [Member] \| Asia [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	114,240	110,268	181,485	206,306
Life Sciences [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	237,120	241,862	482,853	459,239
Life Sciences [Member] \| Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	237,120	241,862	482,853	459,239
Life Sciences [Member] \| Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	420,716	288,550	674,717	548,454
Diagnostics [Member] \| Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Diagnostics [Member] \| Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	420,716	288,550	674,717	548,454
Applied Markets [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	153,882	192,105	306,544	363,561
Applied Markets [Member] \| Discovery & Analytical Solutions [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	153,882	192,105	306,544	363,561
Applied Markets [Member] \| Diagnostics [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0