GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS Textuals (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Jul. 31, 2026 |
Jul. 31, 2025 |
Jul. 31, 2026 |
Jul. 31, 2025 |
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| Intangible Asset, Finite-Lived | ||||
| Goodwill arising from acquisitions | $ 549 | |||
| Addition to other intangible assets | 520 | |||
| Foreign currency translation impact on other intangible assets increase (decrease) | 0 | |||
| Goodwill impairment | $ 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 0 |
| Impairment of IPR&D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amortization of intangible assets during the period | $ 21 | $ 26 | 59 | $ 81 |
| Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets | ||||
| Intangible Asset, Finite-Lived | ||||
| Goodwill arising from acquisitions | 549 | |||
| Agilent CrossLab | ||||
| Intangible Asset, Finite-Lived | ||||
| Goodwill arising from acquisitions | 0 | |||
| Applied Markets | ||||
| Intangible Asset, Finite-Lived | ||||
| Goodwill arising from acquisitions | $ 0 | |||
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- Definition Amount of amortization expense for finite-lived intangible asset. Excludes goodwill and capitalized cost for software to be sold, leased, or marketed. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) which increases (decreases) finite-lived intangible asset. Excludes goodwill and capitalized cost for software to be sold, leased, or marketed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition 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. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) in finite-lived intangible asset. Excludes goodwill and capitalized cost for software to be sold, leased, or marketed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of impairment loss from asset representing future economic benefit arising from other asset acquired in business combination or from joint venture formation or both, that is not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of impairment loss for indefinite-lived intangible asset. Excludes goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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