== relation to Gibbs free energy == 

 Learning about entropy, and the thermodynamic law that any entropy decrease is offset by entropy increase (such as heat energy) of the surroundings I came to understand syntropy as the local decrease in entropy minus the 'generation' of entropy, or the sum total of entropy increase in the system and surroundings. While the magnitude of this may be Helmholz free energy (related to Gibbs free energy) I may define syntropy as its derivative (i.e. how fast it changes over time). Is that definition ever used?   LeucineZipper