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Stock-Based Compensation - Summarized Activity Related to Director Deferred Compensation Shares (Detail) (Directors [Member], Deferred Compensation Share Equivalent Units [Member], USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014
Directors [Member] | Deferred Compensation Share Equivalent Units [Member]
 
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]  
Number of Shares, Outstanding, Beginning balance 148us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Restricted stock units vested 13ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsRestrictedStockUnitsVested
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Dividend equivalents 1ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsDividendEquivalents
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Distributions (52)ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsDistributions
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Number of Shares, Outstanding, Ending balance 110us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Beginning balance $ 23.22ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Restricted stock units vested $ 57.43us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Dividend equivalents $ 76.49ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValueDividendEquivalents
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Distributions $ 19.20ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValueDistributions
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share, Ending balance $ 29.74ndsn_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardVestedEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis
= us-gaap_DeferredCompensationShareBasedPaymentsMember
/ us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis
= us-gaap_DirectorMember