Skolemization

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• noun logic The conversion of a formula of first-order logic which involves the following steps: (1) replace free variables with constants, (2) replace any variable bound by an existential quantifier which lies in the scope of an even number of logical negations (with a function of the remaining bound variables whose scope contain the given variable), and (3) replace any variable bound by a universal quantifier which lies in the scope of an odd number of negations (with a function of the remaining bound variables whose scope contain the given variable).