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Teledyne Technologies Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 4/4/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 4/29/21, at 9:36pm ET   ·   As of:  4/30/21   ·   For:  4/4/21   ·   Accession #:  1094285-21-111   ·   File #:  1-15295

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 4/30/21  Teledyne Technologies Inc.        10-Q        4/04/21   76:6.9M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    721K 
 2: EX-31.1     EX-31.1 302 Certification CEO                       HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     EX-31.2 302 Certification CFO                       HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     EX-32.1 906 Certification CEO                       HTML     21K 
 5: EX-32.2     EX-32.2 906 Certification CFO                       HTML     21K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     78K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     46K 
                Income                                                           
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    112K 
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     49K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     89K 
19: R8          General                                             HTML     25K 
20: R9          Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     67K 
21: R10         Business Combinations, Goodwill and Acquired        HTML     26K 
                Intangible Assets                                                
22: R11         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     79K 
23: R12         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     30K 
24: R13         Stock-Based Compensation Plans                      HTML     43K 
25: R14         Inventories                                         HTML     32K 
26: R15         Customer Contracts                                  HTML     38K 
27: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     25K 
28: R17         Long-Term Debt and Letters of Credit                HTML     49K 
29: R18         Lease Commitments                                   HTML     22K 
30: R19         Lawsuits, Claims, Commitments, Contingencies and    HTML     25K 
                Related Matters                                                  
31: R20         Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits           HTML     39K 
32: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML    152K 
33: R22         General (Policies)                                  HTML     27K 
34: R23         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     68K 
35: R24         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML     75K 
36: R25         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     28K 
37: R26         Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables)             HTML     43K 
38: R27         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     32K 
39: R28         Customer Contracts (Tables)                         HTML     31K 
40: R29         Long-Term Debt and Letters of Credit (Tables)       HTML     47K 
41: R30         Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML     35K 
42: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    151K 
43: R32         General (Details)                                   HTML     22K 
44: R33         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in   HTML     49K 
                AOCI by Component (Details)                                      
45: R34         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -              HTML     58K 
                Reclassifications Out of Accumulated OCI (Details)               
46: R35         Business Combinations, Goodwill and Acquired        HTML     42K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
47: R36         Derivative Instruments - Narrative (Details)        HTML     46K 
48: R37         Derivative Instruments - Effect of Derivative       HTML     40K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
49: R38         Derivative Instruments - Foreign Currency           HTML     50K 
                Contracts (Details)                                              
50: R39         Derivative Instruments - Fair Values of             HTML     56K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
51: R40         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     23K 
52: R41         Earnings Per Share - Computation of Basic and       HTML     27K 
                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details)                             
53: R42         Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Narrative          HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R43         Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Options Plans      HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R44         Stock-Based Compensation Plans - Restricted Stock   HTML     45K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
56: R45         Inventories - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     24K 
57: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     33K 
58: R47         Customer Contracts - Narrative (Details)            HTML     38K 
59: R48         Customer Contracts - Performance Obligation         HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         Customer Contracts - Schedule of Warranty Reserve   HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R50         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     29K 
62: R51         Long-Term Debt and Letters of Credit - Long-Term    HTML     91K 
                Debt (Details)                                                   
63: R52         Long-Term Debt and Letters of Credit - Narrative    HTML     86K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         Lease Commitments (Details)                         HTML     31K 
65: R54         Lawsuits, Claims, Commitments, Contingencies and    HTML     30K 
                Related Matters (Details)                                        
66: R55         Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits -         HTML     26K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
67: R56         Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits           HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     40K 
69: R58         Segment Information - Reconciliation (Details)      HTML     57K 
70: R59         Segment Information - Identifiable Assets           HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R60         Segment Information - Sales (Details)               HTML     37K 
72: R61         Segment Information - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     79K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    134K 
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- tdy-20210404_htm                    XML   1.83M 
73: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     80K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tdy-20210404_cal                XML    189K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tdy-20210404_def                 XML    595K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tdy-20210404_lab                      XML   1.37M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tdy-20210404_pre               XML    852K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- tdy-20210404                          XSD    136K 
75: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              348±   493K 
76: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001094285-21-000111-xbrl      Zip    246K

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