zero article; having no article
Linguistics term for the absence of an article in a noun phrase, as in generic or certain grammatical contexts.
See also: 冠詞 (かんし)
In Japanese, noun phrases without articles are common.
In English, the zero article can express generic reference.
Compound of 無 (mu, 'without') and 冠詞 (kanshi, 'article'), a straightforward calque from Western linguistic terminology.