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What is the name for a point that is periodic to within $\varepsilon$?

Let $X$ be a set and $f: X \to X$ a function. A point $x \in X$ is, of course, said to be periodic for $f$ if $x \in \{f(x), f^2(x), \ldots\}$. Now suppose that $X$ is a topological space and $f$ is ...